Star Wars Rey was initially associated to Obi-Wan Kenobi, says star

While the years-long thriller of Rey’s parentage was lastly solved in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, evidently the eventual reveal wasn’t all the time the plan.

Star Daisy Ridley has spilled the secrets and techniques on attending to reply the query on each fan’s lips since The Force Awakens, admitting that even the filmmakers weren’t positive who to choose till the final second.

Of course, everyone knows now that she is Palpatine’s granddaughter, nevertheless it turns on the market was the potential of an Obi-Wan Kenobi hyperlink alongside the best way as an alternative.

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“At the beginning there was toying with, like, an Obi-Wan connection,” Ridley defined to Josh Gad on Jimmy Kimmel Live. “There had been totally different variations, after which it actually went to that she was no-one.

“Then it got here to Episode IX and JJ [Abrams] pitched me the movie, and was like, ‘Palpatine’s the grandaddy.’ And I used to be like, ‘Awesome’. Then two weeks later he was like, ‘Oh we’re unsure.’

“So it kept changing. So even while we were filming, I wasn’t sure what the answer was going to be.”

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Speaking of Obi-Wan, followers lately seen a neat element in regards to the Jedi Master in A New Hope that gives an emotional hyperlink to Revenge of the Sith.

The fan-favourite character will return in his personal Disney+ spinoff collection, performed by Ewan McGregor. Production is because of start subsequent 12 months.

The Mandalorian, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and your complete Skywalker Saga can be found on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K now, in addition to on Disney+, whereas Rise of Skywalker can also be on Sky Cinema Premiere and NOW TV.

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